Privacy Policy 1.1 The purpose of this privacy statement is to provide you, the User, with details of how VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway (visitdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk) and visitscotland.com (our accommodation booking partner) will collect, store and use the personal data you supply to it. Personal data is information, which relates to identifiable living individuals. This Privacy Policy is expressly incorporated into the Terms and Conditions of Use of this web site. It is the stated policy of VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway and visitscotland.com that it will act in accordance with current legislation and aims to meet current best practice with regard to the processing of personal data. VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway is a statutory body charged with the promotion of tourism in Dumfries & Galloway. VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway's data protection registration number is Z5890359. visitscotland.com is the trading name of eTourism Limited which is registered as a data controller in the United Kingdom under the Data Protection Act 1998. eTourism's data protection registration number is Z7045349. 1.2 Collection of Personal Data In using this site, you may provide certain personal data to visitdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk and visitscotland.com, and certain data about you may be collected by 'cookies'. Cookies are temporary Internet files, which are used by visitscotland.com to enhance the use of this site, and to allow visitscotland.com to build up a more detailed profile of you. In agreeing to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of the web site (of which this Privacy Policy forms part), you agree that visitscotland.com can compile and process this personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please see the Cookies Statement below for further information on Cookies 1.3 Use of Personal Data VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway and visitscotland.com shall only use your data for the purposes for which it is provided or for purposes to which you have consented. We will also hold and use your data to send you details of selected tourism businesses, products and services that we think you will find valuable. We may also occasionally pass your details to selected third parties involved in the tourism industry. If you would prefer not to receive such information, please advise VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway (i) by post to Visitor Database Update, VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway, 64 Whitesands, Dumfries DG1 2RS sending your name and address with postcode or (ii) by e-mail to marketing@dgtb.visitscotland.com or (iii) by telephone on 01387 245550. If you would prefer your information not to be used by visitscotland.com in these ways please provide your name and address: (i) by post to eTourism Limited, Fairways Business Park, Deer Park Road, Livingston, EH54 8AF; or (ii) by email to info@visitscotland.com; or (iii) by telephone on 0845 22 55 121. 1.4 Storage and Correction of Personal Data VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway and/or visitscotland.com will retain the personal data it holds unless and until you send VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway or visitscotland.com notice that you no longer wish us to retain this data. VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway and/or visitscotland.com is obliged to supply you, on request, with a copy of the personal data it holds about you, provided that you pay a small fee. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway and visitscotland.com using the contact information set out in the previous paragraph for more details, including details regarding the fee which is payable for exercising such right. Should you discover any inaccuracies in such personal information, please notify VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway or visitscotland.com as soon as possible at the same address. VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway and visitscotland.com will then correct its records, and notify any third parties to whom such personal information may have been transmitted in accordance with clause 1.3 above. COOKIES STATEMENT This is the Cookies Statement referred to in the foregoing Privacy Policy Cookies themselves only record those areas of the site that have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user How to find and control your cookies: If your computer is running Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x 1. Click Tools, and then click Internet Options. 2. Select the Security tab. 3. Click on the Custom Level button 4. Scroll down to the Cookies field 5. Select Enable for both entries 6. Click Ok 7. Click Ok again Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x 1. Click Tools, and then click Internet Options 2. Select the Privacy tab 3. Click on Advanced 4. Locate the options for Cookies 5. Set the Allow cookies that are stored on your computer option to enabled 6. Click on Override Automatic Cookie Handling 7. Select Enable cookies 8. Click on Always allow session cookies 9. Click OK Netscape Navigator 6.x Users 1. On the Edit menu, select Preferences 2. Click on the + sign next to Privacy and Security 3. Click on Cookies 4. Select Enable cookies for the originating web site only -or- Select Enable all cookies= AOL 5.x 1. Click on Preferences from the My AOL menu The preferences dialogue opens. 2. Select WWW 3. Select the Security tab 4. Select the Internet Zone 5. Click on the Custom button at the bottom of the window The Security Settings dialogue will appear. 6. Go to the Cookies section and select Always Accept Cookies 7. Click OK AOL 6.x 1. Select My AOL 2. Select Preferences from the Settings menu 3. Select Internet Properties (WWW) 4. Select the Security tab 5. Select the Internet Zone, then select the Custom button at the bottom of the window The Security dialog then appears. 6. Scroll down to the Cookies section and select Always Accept Cookies 7. Click OK Opera 5.x Users 1. On the File menu select Preferences The Preferences Dialogue will appear 2. Select Privacy 3. In the Cookies section select Accept All Cookies If your computer is a Macintosh: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, 5.x (Macintosh) 1. On the Edit menu select Preferences The Preferences dialogue opens 2. Scroll to the Receiving Files option 3. Click on Cookies 4. From the right-hand window pane, scroll to the When Receiving Cookies menu 5. From the drop down menu, select Never Ask 6. Click OK Netscape Navigator 6.x for Macintosh 1. From the Edit menu, select Preferences 2. Under Category, select Advanced 3. Select Cookies 4. In the Cookies section, select Accept All Cookies 5. Click OK AOL for Macintosh 1. On the My AOL menu, select Preferences 2. Select WWW 3. Select Advanced Settings 4. Under Receiving Files, select Cookies 5. For When Receiving Cookies, select Never Ask 6. Click OK Online Advertising VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway uses pixels, or transparent GIF files, to help manage online advertising. These GIF files are provided by our ad management partner, DoubleClick. These files enable DoubleClick to recognize a unique cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our website. The cookie was placed by us, or by another advertiser who works with DoubleClick. With both cookies and Spotlight technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. For more information about DoubleClick, including information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to[http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy].